An Intimate Portrait of the Individual Investor

We examine a range of investment decisions, and ensuing portfolio performance, and established that they have statistically significant associations with personality traits captured by Costa and McRae's [1992] operationalization of Norman's [1963] 'Big Five' (Negative Emotion, Ex...

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Published inThe journal of behavioral finance Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 193 - 208
Main Authors Durand, Robert B., Newby, Rick, Sanghani, Jay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Group 09.12.2008
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Correlation analysis
Gender role
Investment decisions
Investors
Personality
Personality traits
Portfolio investments
Portfolio performance
Studies
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Summary:We examine a range of investment decisions, and ensuing portfolio performance, and established that they have statistically significant associations with personality traits captured by Costa and McRae's [1992] operationalization of Norman's [1963] 'Big Five' (Negative Emotion, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness), Bem's [1977] psychological gender traits (Masculinity and Femininity) and Jackson's [1976] personality traits of Preference for Innovation and Risk Taking Propensity.
ISSN:1542-7560
1542-7579
DOI:10.1080/15427560802341020